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1. Introduction: Creating Successful Travel Videos: Hi, I Nadine Sykora
and I'm Kristen Sarah. We've both been full-time
content creators for nearly a decade. And we're here to share our insider tips and
tricks with you. So Youtube can earn a living, traveling the world and
creating content that inspires. In this class,
we're going to show you how to use filmaking and Storytelling to create
Exciting Travel Videos. We'll go through
cinematography Basics, including Types of Shots, Stabilization and
transitions, as well as cover items such as Photo and Video
release forms, permits, permissions,
and Filming events. This class is perfect for
travelers looking to learn how to document their
ventures and share it online. And we'll cover a variety
of situations you'll run into while you're
filming on the road. This is also part one of a five-part series of classes
we have on Travel Vlogging, which you can do individually or you can complete as a whole. The information this course can also be applied to
other genres as well. But since we're both in travel, that'll be our focus
with get started.
2. Filmaking & Storytelling: In television and film, it takes a crew to put
together a Production. In the new world of Travel, Videography or Vlogging, you might find yourself as
the jack of all trades. Therefore, you're
gonna need to know all areas of the
production process. Filmmaking is Storytelling,
and as a Travel Blogger, you are crafting
a story based on your travels to get an idea
of how to craft your story. These are the key elements
you should be thinking of. As a Travel Blogger, it's very important to know
who your audiences, who do you want to pull in, and who are the
people you want to inspire to learn and to
feel from your story. Because the way you film, the Shots you get and
the way you deliver your message will change depending on who
your demographic is. What are you teaching
your viewers? For example, will you be showing them the
adventurous side of the Great Wall of China
or the more historical? Or are you going to give
them practical tips like you not to
fall off the edge. Every destination can be portrayed and showcased
in many different ways. Beginning, middle, end, right? The travel story. Every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Capture the reader's
attention in the beginning. Give them the details in the middle and conclude
it at the end. Avoid showing the obvious what makes your store
unique for your viewers. What makes them want to watch more and come back and back. Exploring new ways to view things is part of what
sets people apart. So be creative and spontaneous. Shoot the bad stuff, film the arguments, the
mishaps, the fights. When you're feeling down, when things just don't go right? When you are lost
and you're confused. You will not want to
film this at first. You might not even
remember in the moment, but once you start remembering to bring out the
camera at the times, you'll start to get some of
your most compelling footage. Characters and story
should always come first. It can be very easy
to get carried away, but beautiful locations Filming, beautiful shot after another. And epic Location can grab
the audience's attention. But to keep them, you need a great story and
compelling characters. Those characters can be locals, you mute on your travels. They can be travel companions. And most of the time,
they're gonna be you. Beautiful montages
with music will only entertain people for so
long before they get bored. And then they click away. Considering all the above 80% of the time when you travel, you won't be able to control the situation and you
won't be able to reshoot. It's the nature of the base. And the best thing that you
can do is to just be flexible and adjust the best you
can while on the road. Also, as hectic,
as Filming gets, makes sure you
also leave time to enjoy the places that
you were visiting. Once you get the hang of filming everything
makes sure you also get the hang of
putting the camera down. You will find them
with practice. You can film everything and also live in the moment
away from the lens. It's as simple as looking
up once you got the shot. Dear Dad. It's beautiful here. The open road guides you to
some of the most stunning, natural places I've ever seen. Your mom. The towns
here are so cute. And did you know you can pick wild blueberries on
the side of the road? Hey, my love. I honestly cannot describe how amazing
the scenery is here. Hi guys. So right now I am doing my second volunteer project with volunteer Southern Africa. And this is the cheater project. So I'm gonna show you all
the things that we get up to and what we do
on this project. Excited, I'm excited sky. The two main goals of the living with cheetahs program is to one, breed the cheetahs to strengthen their gene pools
and to raise them, teach them how to hunt and release them back into the wild. The first thing we
did was of course, gets to know the cats. Now not all the cats
can be approached. Several the cheetahs
board at the project have been born wild
and are still wild. Others have been hand weird, which means they
were raised around human touch so they can be handled pet and
are essentially tame. Nice, energetic, done with it. He gets up and we're done for us know. And I will
tell the case. Okay. You'll see we only do one injection per day
on Tuesday as we close. This is all PRR rather
Kenya over there. They tend and a half months old. And I've this
little five though, we're the only two
that we've had Maria. How the process works is these little guys
are now learning to hunt when they're old enough and they're
hunting rarely now, we release them with
the other siblings. And they will then eventually
teach the siblings out
3. Couch Session: Filmmaking & Storytelling: Welcome to our couch Session on filmaking
and Storytelling. Now couch sessions
are a way for us to informally dive into certain
topics of the course. And this one is gonna be our filmmaking process and
our storytelling process. So let's start from
the beginning. How do we get the idea
for what we want to film, right? You want to start? Sure. So the first
thing I do is, well, if I'm filming
travel destinations, I start with the
destination like what it might
interested in seeing, where am I interested
in going in? Like, if I want to go to Egypt, I'm like, Oh my God,
I won't go to Egypt. I want Film pyramids. I
want to film the Sphinx. I want to film these things
where I started thinking of things that I want to
do and the location. And that'll kinda helped me. Also think of, well, what
do I want to capture? And I plan those kind of like
together at the same time. It's just so ingrained
into me that that's how I go
about it and that's how I would recommend you
guys going about it too. If you're trying to
plan how you want to film your travels
and start with planning your travels out and things you want to see
and things you want to do because it brings like
a genuine excitement about the topics. Because if you're
excited to do it, if you're excited
to pick it out, then obviously you're going to be excited to film about it. You're going to be
excited to capture footage in regards to that? Yeah. I remember like
when I first started out, I would film like I
wouldn't really have an idea of what I
wanted my video to be. I would just like go
out and I would film basically whatever I was
doing that day on my travels. Then I'd come back and have
so many hours of footage. And not really a concept
of what I wanted to, to like the story
I wanted to tell. So I, over the years, I, how I've gotten better at that
is thinking ahead of like, what kind of story
do I want to tell? What kind of video
do I want to create? Do I want to create a travel
guide room showcasing some of my favorite things that
I'm doing in the country? Or do I wanna do
like a spontaneous like day in the life of I'm not sure what I'm
gonna be doing today. Let's just go out
and film everything and then condensing that. So I think having an idea ahead of time has
really helped me cut down how much I'm
filming because I know what type of Shots I want. Now what I'm out because it's going to help me
tell that story. So if you were planning a top things to see in
a destination as like, that's the video that
I want to create. You would then plan your travels around that so
you'd start picking out, okay, Let's meet lookup what
the top things are, okay, so I'm gonna do this item
first and that item, that this item then this item, this item because those are the top five things that
were recommended rights. And then you'd go about
filming those and then you put together as item
one and M2. M2 3.4. Yeah, like creating the
itinerary basically around the concept
of the video idea. So that's where specifically
for guides and stuff. Yeah. For sometimes when
you're traveling though, a lot of times when
you're traveling, a lot of things come
up spontaneously and really cool things. You want to include them in your video and that's okay too. So don't feel like you
had, you can't film that because it's not sticking
to your original story. Your story can change
and that's okay, yeah, and involve and as you
experience things. So that's kinda like, so that's going more into story
telling in and of itself. So if we're thinking
of a story in total, it's like how do
we plan the story? Okay? So like, okay, well, we know we need to
film to the story now. How do we plan Story? How are we thinking of
ideas to come up with? I think that it's, it is important to
have a beginning, middle, and end like
any story, right? And that's, that's the same
even with travel videos, like having like a
way of beginning it, whether you're introducing
where you are, who you are is always
a good idea to and each video because new people
are kinda come across your, your content and not who know
who you are, who you are, what you do, what you're gonna be showcasing
in the video. And then having like, like something catchy
at the beginning, Something catchy in
the middle to keep people's attention and then having an end-to-end like
wrapping everything up. Yeah. So like for me when
I'm thinking of Story, a lot of you guys, when
you're first starting out, it's just gonna be Vlogging. It's like, okay, your
story is your experience, your experience in this country, your experience in that, in which case your
stories, a personal one, it's your personal journey. So you don't have to, sometimes you don't have
to crazy overthinking, like we were talking
about the guides. We have guides that
are structure. We want to visit the top places. We want to see this. Maybe it's to experience this hidden
gem in this country. Maybe it's too
experienced, best food in this country or you have, you're more relaxed
thing I'd like, no. This video is my experience,
my personal growth. I love Switzerland. I want to go back to Switzerland
and I want to I want to experience it for
three weeks. That's good. That might be a long video, but that could be something
that could be your stories, just something as
simple as that or like, I've never been to Africa. I wanna go to Africa and experience Africa
for the first time. That could be your story. I am. It'd be also like going back to like I know some of my favorite
ones that I did was just going back to the countries that
my parents were from is experiencing the countries
that my parents grew up in, that we're part of my culture, my heritage that I've never, I've seen in Canada, but I've never seen firsthand. So it's like trying to give them that personal element or
that personal reason, why as well can help you
try to connect with it. And like I said, you don't have, it doesn't have to be like
crazy thought out if, if that works better for you, just go with the flow. But if you are really
struggling with, well, what do I film? What a white or
light even length. If you're Filming too much, then it's better to have
a structure, right? Yeah. I find that
the more you film, the more you understand
like what your you're like, you discovered your personality within the video and your style. So what you're Filming keeps
getting more condensed, more condensed because
you're getting used to knowing what you want to film when
you're traveling right in your scrapping, like the stuff that doesn't make sense and it doesn't matter. You're going to use to
what you want to see. What you want to assign
else is kinda the idea behind Filming to the edit, which is like a huge concept. And as soon as you
dive into editing, which we do go in to in the whole editing section is editing is crazy
cumbersome process. And one of the
easiest ways to make that process is cumbersome. Yeah, is to think of each shot how you're
going to edit it. So as you are filming, you are thinking of how you want to put
those pieces together. Is it adding to your store? Is entering your mentally editing in your head
sounds difficult, but the more you practice it, the better it will become. So you're thinking,
okay, I'm gonna take this clip I just
filmed right now, and I'm going to add
in the B-roll that I filmed 5 min ago. And then all I need
some more B-roll. So let me go out and fill map because that would go
after this B-roll. Oh, now I should have
a talking bit about this this wall because I don't have anything
about this wall. And why is this wall here
and why are we featuring it? I should probably
mention something. So it's one of those you have to think as you are traveling. But it makes editing in a
lot easier and it makes picking and choosing
what things to film or what not to film
when you're filming, like when you're on Location, a lot easier to
naturally come to you because you're thinking of how you're editing it together. I want to give you
two examples of like the video
process for myself. One, I just filmed a video in Toronto and I went
around the city for an a day showcasing some of my favorite spot and how multicultural the
city has in general. So for that type of video, I scripted out the entire
video where I wanted to go, what I wanted to see, help out, how I would showcase that
Toronto is multicultural. And like everything was
like point for point. And then I went out and shot it, knowing exactly where
it was gonna go, what I was going to
pretty much say. And then versus I'm
going to be heading to Malta with my baby
and my husband. We don't have anything planned, but our idea is to showcase
how to travel with a baby. So having that in mind, any like crazy problems,
we come across. Things that are super funny, difficult goals are
the things I want to showcase because I
know as an audience, that's what you
want to see and you want to see how we overcome it. You can mentally edit in your head when you're
thinking, Do I need that shot? Is that going to help
me tell my story? And that's what you constantly
want to ask yourself. I think that's gonna
help you guys. If you're if you are
thinking of that, just spending that
time beforehand before you even turn
the camera on will just help you as a filmmaker really understand what you're trying to achieve a lot better. So it's a bit of prep and time before and during
to enter obsolete, and then filming and
then editing it. It's a three-step process. So it's not just the
filming, it's all three. So you have creating a
script before you film, but then you have the flip
side of that and that is creating a script
from your footage. So if you just went out and
filmed a bunch of stuff, I'm sure a lot of you right now are thinking, Oh
my God, that's me. I have like 30 plus hours of footage from my last job. I don't know what to do with it. Or you might be that
person down in the future. Yeah. I find yourself in those shoes where
you're just like, Oh no, I've just shot
a bunch of stuff. I don't know what I'm
putting together. Your I don't know. It's my story, what
I'm making here. So then it's really, it's creating a
script from that. And how do you go
about figuring out, okay, what have I filmed? How, What do I find? How do I like puzzle? Yeah, I will put together
this puzzle to make something enjoyable
entertainment and away you can do that is by
looking at your footage. First of all, it's
a FUN thing to do. I'll go over your travels again. And then from that, put together a story
and do a voiceover, do a narration so that you're hearing your voice and
showing the clips, right? You didn't know at
the time when you're traveling what your story was, you weren't able to look at
the camera and help tell it. But with those narration, voiceover is you can
help tell the story that kinda reminiscing and then
showcasing those clips, a little clips from the trot, from your travels and
then edit if you don't know like what you're going to do in each of your travels. Like if you're more
spontaneous, yeah, I've learned a great way
for you to still tell a story and to make sense. Yeah, and he figuring
out what your stories. So if you're completely
lost, unlike, Oh my God, what
does my story like? What am I? What am I storing? Start by picking out moments
I like to pick out, okay, this is a big dramatic
moment that happened or this was a very big
epic moment that happened. Or like this was a really
funny moment that happened. And I'm like, okay, maybe that
should be the crux of it. Maybe that should
be the central. Maybe it's the stories
leading up to that moment or, or how I went to like just building in and around that
item or maybe I filmed a lot, one thing, maybe maybe
multiple Videos, right? Yeah. So maybe I make that
its own video and then or maybe I do it chronologically or maybe
it's just from a to B. It's my journey from a to B, in which case, you know
what you filmed in. So you just go from a to B and it could be
as simple as that. And then it just gets more into the editing process of
putting that together. And if you have
specifically two of you have really beautiful Shots. Like you went around and maybe
you didn't blog so much. But you have these
beautiful cinematic shots. You can always choose a really good music
track and create a montage video that tells a story of like your
travels and where you've been. And in a very visual way, you don't necessarily need
words to tell a story. And you do that to be
careful in montages. Because then, because
if you do too long or too many montage, montage because they're funny. But like all of these
things, all the concepts, they do take time
so don't feel like, oh my gosh, like
it does not coming to me right right
away as you go. Start, like you could
just start with Filming. And the more you edit, the more you see what
you've captured, the more you'll see how
your stories come to light. And the more you Travel
and film your travels, you'll get inspired
by certain items or aspects and maybe that'll
shape your stories to come. Like maybe you just
fall in love with food or maybe you fall
in love with museums, or maybe you fall in love
with meeting the locals. And then now you can take that new passion
that you have and, and gear that toward what kind of Travel Videos
you want to create. Or if there's a
genre that you're really passionate
about, like Adventure. Or maybe you're
really love tours, or maybe you love group
travel or maybe you love are being,
or air streaming. You can kind of gear your, your stories in those
destinations to that topic and make them a
little bit more topical. You don't have to cover every single thing their students. I think that's a good pot and because that's in a mistake, I think a lot of people
make they think they have to be everyone because
this person's like that. So Success, one, Youtube,
this person, this person. So I have to do
everything they're doing. But you'll find what
you're most passionate about the more you make videos. I guess the overall message to takeaway from this
is to have a story. No matter what you want to. You want to have a story and
you want to tell a story. Keeping that in mind, like what, what is the story that you're
trying to tell, right? And that will help
you get video footage you need and also content. Make the editing process
a lot easier for you. And it can be a big story
or it can be a small story. And it can be really, really complex and thought out, or it can just be a
simple, this is my day. But have an idea of what it is that you are
trying to accomplish. And that will really help
you in crafting your Videos
4. Intro To Your Camera: If you're new to operating
Your Camera and you've never ventured outside
of the auto mode, it can be a bit overwhelming. There are a lot of different
buttons and features that your camera can do that can really up your
Filmmaking game. So each camera
body is different, but there are some features on the cameras that don't change pretty much no
matter what you use. So we're gonna go
through some of those features to help get you out of auto and into manual
when you're starting out, it is totally okay though, to keep your camera and auto. I filmed many years of travel videos all in auto without touching any
of these other dials. Because adding the footage, I was capturing the image
that was number one. I was being able to create the story and all of these
modes and different dials can be a bit over
whelming and a lot to think of when you were
just running gunning, trying to get that. So I recommend just perfecting your video
making skills first. And then we can move more
into the manual skills, which is what we're
gonna get into all the different modes
and the buttons at which really help you transition
from auto to manual. Most digital cameras
will have a dial on top, which is meant for
selecting different modes, will only cover four of the
main modes here as there are other modes that might change from camera, two camera. So the three main
modes we're going to cover our program mode, aperture priority and
shutter priority. All of these modes are
essentially a form of auto, where one of the settings is
Emmanuel in program mode, it allows you to set the ISO and then the camera
will handle the rest. In aperture priority. You have control over
the aperture within the camera handles the
ISO and shutter speed. So controlling the aperture will control your depth of field. So if you want to take
landscape photos, you might want to
set your camera to F 16 to get a really
deep depth of field. Or if you're taking a portrait
and F18 will give you a really nice blur to the
background behind your subject. Shutter priority will give you control over the shutter speed. Iso and aperture are set
by the camera. Setting. A high shutter speed
will allow you to shoot fast-moving subjects like a race car and getting sharp images without
motion blur. Then of course
there's manual mode and this gives you full control over the ISO aperture
and the shutter speed. This is for the more
advanced users who want control over every
aspect of the image. Right now I'm an automotive
and as you can see, there's a light coming from the window and I'm
perfectly lit, but if I was to rotate as
I would while Vlogging, now the camera starts focusing
on the background because that's what it thinks I want
to focus on and my face, Well, you can't see
my face anymore. Now. I'm in manual mode. As you can see, I'm
properly exposed and focus. And if I rotate
toward the window, I'm still properly
exposed because the camera isn't trying to automatically adjust
my background. And I can adjust the settings even more if I want to be
a little bit brighter. So I can just rotate my
dial either down or I can rotate it up to adjust as I go. That is the benefit
of Filming in manual. A nice little hack for you to practice going from auto
to manual is to take a photo with your camera
in auto and then look at the settings that the camera is automatically adjusting
to with your aperture, your eyes on your shutter speed, then go into the manual mode, adjust those settings manually, and just do little tweaks
here and there to see how they affect your image
holding your camera. You want to know how
to hold your camera properly to avoid shakiness, you can get that
nice still image. So here's how you do that
without using a tripod. Let's start with
the bigger cameras. So if you have a bigger
camera like this and as a heavier lens, you're gonna want
to use two hands, one to hold body, one
to hold the lens. And the closer you have
the camera to your chest, the more steady your
shot is going to be. You're holding your
camera out like this. After while your arm surgery get fatigued and they start
moving the camera, you're gonna get that shaky
image which you don't want. If you are Vlogging,
you can hold, again the camera body like underneath and the lens as well. Underneath. There you go. You can extend your arms. It does get a little
bit tiring that way, but if you haven't to close
and you're just going to get it shot of like up your nose
and you don't want that. If you're using a
point-and-shoot camera, it's gonna be a lot lighter, lot smaller, lot easier to hold. You just need the one hand. This one here has a flip
screen, which is great. So if you're Vlogging, you
can actually see the shot. And you're just like cupping, cupping the camera in
your hand like this. And what I like to do, especially if I'm doing
like adventurous activities as have the strap on, strap around my wrist just in case you do drop the camera. Another thing I like to do with the point-and-shoot cameras is use either a gorilla pod or you can get
a grip like this. This one's from Sony. It has the record mode at the front as well
as the picture mode. So you can actually record
video and take photos without having to look at the
back of your camera. When you're holding it out,
you have a nice firm grip. It also can add an extension when you're using
the gorilla pod so you don't have
to extend your arm as far you can keep
it a little closer. It gives you your gives you
more support and you can actually hold the
camera up a lot longer without getting tired. When it comes to the
position of your camera, you do not want it too high because then your audiences
looking down at you, you don't want it too
low because then they can see I've your nose and
that's not that flattering. You want it at a level that's
like the perfect place to be because you're at eye
level with your audience. People that are watching
you behind the camera. Unless you are going
for like some sort of look that requires you
to go up and down. Just keep it out ILO,
walking with your camera. You're gonna want
to keep your camera closer to your body to give you more support so you
can hold the camera longer. If your hands are in, your arms, are out too long, you're gonna get fatigued really quickly. Also allows you to
keep the camera steadier because it's like following along with your body. Think of it is if
you had a cup of water and it's filled to the brim and you're
trying to like walk across the room to
hand it to somebody. You don't want to be like
walking around like this. You don't want to be
holding it out like this. You want to keep
it like close to your body in like kind of glide. Same thing as with your camera. To get that very
smooth gliding motion. Think of it as carrying
very full glass of water. These days, a lot of these cameras have really
good stabilization, so it's going to
help you as well get that really smooth shot. I'm going to want to do
what's called the Ninja walk. So you're going to get those squats and you're
squatting down a little bit, bending your knees
and just gliding across the room
slowly and steady, Keeping the camera
at the same level. Versus just walking normal. You're getting that shaky
shot which you don't want. Also, if you're getting
a pan this way, you just squat down and keep the camera
at the same level. But using your legs is
really going to help you. You'll feel that
burn definitely. But it's gonna give you
that really nice shot, nice steady shot. You can also get like
that pushing luck without actually
gliding forward. You could just bend your knees, keeping the cameras close to your body to start as possible. And just pushing forward with your body and then
eventually your arms. So you get to the point where
they're almost straight, but not quite because as
soon as you get straight, your arms starting to
shake a little bit. So just keep your elbows
bent a little bit. And I'll give you a nice
pull or push in. Look
5. Cinematography Basics: Cinematography is the Art and Technology of Motion
Picture photography. To be a great cinematographer, a can take years of
study and experience. It's an ongoing process
of continuously defining and evolving your style in an ever-changing industry. You can take multiple
year-long courses dedicated just to filmmaking. But for this course, we're
just gonna be breaking down the basics of what you'll need to know to get you started. One thing to remember
about filmmaking is the audience is looking at the world from the
camera's perspective. There must be a reason for
every camera movement. These are your standard
camera movements in Shots styles that you
are going to need to know. Depth of field. Depth of field is the distance
between the nearest and the furthest object inosine
that appears in focus. Three ways to affect step
the field are the aperture, the focal distance,
and the focal length. Fps, which stands for
frames per second. This is the amount
of frames captured by Your Camera per second. The higher the frame rate. But closer to reality,
a movie seems. The standard 24
frames per second, which you'll see allows for a smoother footage most
commonly seen in films. 30 frames per second is
standard for television. And 60 frames per second allows for a more
realistic look. Although it might seem a little odd because you're
just not used to it. There is no right or wrong
frames per second to choose, as it's all a matter of
preference of what you prefer. Most cameras have a white balance feature
you can use to let the camera know the
lighting of the room and how natural
light looks in it. You can do this by simply
finding a white object. Paper works perfect. Holding it up to the camera, hitting your white
balance button and it will auto change your
setting to match it perfectly over and underexposure
when filming or editing. The last thing you
want is your shot to look under or overexposed, which means either too
much light or not enough. In editing, you can
fix minor areas and basic lighting mistakes or Objects in the shot
you don't want. But what you can't fix is having an object be too
bright or too dark. Some cameras will
have what's called a zebra stripes and
this will look weird, but turn it on. If there are any lines
showing in bright areas, that means it is overexposed
and you must turn down the lighting settings on your camera or
adjusted accordingly. Stable ionization, walking and Vlogging may look fine on your
small viewfinder or phone. However, viewing content that
is a little bit shaky on a larger screen will
only exaggerate the shakiness and may
become unreachable. Most cameras have a built-in
feature, usually called OIS, which is optical
image stabilizer, which will usually
be a hand symbol. It is almost always
a good idea to have this feature on
unless you're going for a more artsy luck. Iso, shutter speed and aperture, three very vital things you're gonna have to know
if you want to make videos. In order to understand
how videos work, you must first
understand how a camera, it takes a picture,
because a video is really just a series
of still images. There are three major components involved in taking
the proper picture. There's the aperture, the ISO, and the shutter speed, which
all need to work together. Once you master these
basic features, you are well on your way to producing not just
high-quality photos, but more importantly, video. The first step is the aperture. The aperture is built into
your lens and controls how much light passes
into your camera. Too much light and your
image will be all white. And then on the other
hand, too little, it will be very dark. You may be taking a picture of a night sky or a bright room. And you need to control
how much light enters your camera lens to
produce the best image. This might be sunlight, candlelight, a lamp, or
an external camera light. The aperture works just
like the pupil of your eye. In bright circumstances, your pupil will contract
or gets smaller. And dark circumstances,
your pupil will get larger to let in more light. This is why when we
wake up in the morning, it can be uncomfortable if someone's suddenly
turns on the light because your pupils are
dilated in the dark. The aperture is
represented as F stop. You'll notice on your
camera lens there will be the letter F
followed by numbers. The lower numbers represent
a larger aperture, while the higher numbers
represent a smaller aperture. It seems a little backwards, but with practice, you'll
get the hang of it. After light passes
through the lens, it needs to get to
the camera sensor. How sensitive your sensor is, is represented an ISO numbers. The camera sensor is one of the most expensive pieces of the camera and is
basically responsible for turning light into an image. The sensor is found behind the lens on the
body of the camera. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive the
sensor is too light. Every camera has something
called base ISO, which is typically
the lowest ISO number of a sensor that can produce the highest
image quality without adding noise
to the picture. Typically, ISO numbers
start 100-200, which is base ISO, and doubles in value. So the ISO sequence is 100, 200, 4,008,001,600.3260,
400, etcetera. The important thing to
know is that each step doubles the sensitivity
of the sensor, which means that ISO 800 is eight times more sensitive than ISO 100 and needs one eighth of the time
to capture an image. This is great to
remember for capturing sharp images that might
be moving quickly. Shutter speed. Now you know, the aperture and sensor. In-between the two
is the shutter speed represented in
fractions like 1/50. The shutter speed
is the timer for how long light hits the sensor. This happens in split seconds. If you take a picture with
your shutter speed at 1/50, your sensor is hit by light
for one-fiftieth of a second. Shutter speed affects
how much motion blur is in every frame of your video. If you want your motion
blur to look normal, you should take your
frame rate and double it. So if you're shooting at
30 frames per second, a normal shutter
speed would be 1/60. For faster moving objects, you will need to increase
your shutter speed. But this will result in less time life gets
to hit your sensor, which gives you darker images. If you can increase the light on the object at higher shutter
speeds for crisp images, you'll have to play with
your aperture, ISO, and shutter speed to
get comfortable with these settings and how they work together for different
circumstances. Static shot. A static shot is simply a shot with no movement. Pan shot. A pan shot is when
the camera moves horizontally across a plane. For example, if a
car was driving by, we can pan the
camera from where it started and follow it
to where it's going. This is a great way to extend the length of your shot
and cover more area. Tilt shot. A tilt shot is
much like the pan shot. However, this covers
vertical movement. A POV, otherwise known
as a point of view. A POV is what a character the subject is looking at represented
through the camera. For example, if you are the subject and you
walked into a room, you would explore it
as if the camera where your eyes guiding
the shot, naturally. Focus pole or rack focus. The focus poll is a Camera
technique in which you change the focus of two or
more objects in the shot. Usually this means adjusting the focus from one
subject to another. For example, if you
are focused on a cup, on a table in someone
walks into the foreground. You can adjust the focus of the camera from the
cup to the person. This shows the depth
of field and can be a powerful tool to guide people towards the point of
focus in the shot. Zoom. Zoom shot is zooming in on an object in
the foreground or vice versa. For example, having
a tight focus on a subject in a chair, you can then zoom out to
establish the location. Timelapse. A timelapse is a single seen filmed
over a period of time. There are two ways to do this. You can place a camera on a
tripod record for a period of time and then speed up that footage and editing to
be only several seconds. Another way is taking
sequential photos over a period of time and compressing it into a video of
several seconds. Slow motion. To get slow motion, you Film at a higher
frame per second, then slow down that footage. For example, if you
normally shoot at 30 frames per second to
achieve slow motion, film at 60 frames per second. And then stretch the footage and editing to be twice the length, aka half the speed. The higher frames per second
your camera can film, the higher-quality slow
motion you can achieve. Aerial shot. Aerial shot is an overhead shot which can be captured
from helicopters, airplanes, tops of buildings, and by using drones, often used to
establish a Location. Great Cinematography takes
a lot of trial and error, but helps to establish the overall look and
feel for your videos. The more you practice,
the better you get and more refined your personal
style will become. Now, it's time to put into practice what
we've talked about. So refer to the exercise sheet provided in the course package
6. Stabilization: One of the biggest things
that we noticed from the videos on the
Facebook group is that there is a lot of amazing
locations to filming, but a lot of shaky footage. There is a lack
of Stabilization. And I know for when
I first started out, my footage was very, very shaky. And this is true with a lot
of beginner filmmakers. A lot of Beginner
Travel bloggers is, there's a lot of shaky footage
when you first start out. And so to be able to transition
and fix that and make it more buttery smooth,
we need stabilization. There are a couple of
ways that we can do this and we're gonna
talk about it today out here on the woods
where there's a lovely, uneven, unstable path. Now there's two different
ways that you could do this. First, there's in bodies,
Camera stabilization, which is stabilization in the camera body itself
where the sensor is. This Camera here has built-in
stabilization in it. No matter what lens I
put on the camera body, it is going to be stabilized. The footage will be stabilized, whereas this cameras body does not have built-in
stabilization means that it's heavily dependent on if the lens itself will
have Stabilization, are not included on it
because some lens is due and someone's don't
have Stabilization. Having both forms of
stabilization is the best, but at least make sure if you're shopping
for Camera gear, either your body or your
lens is stabilized, and that will make
sure that you have at least some stabilization
on your camera. Another very popular way
to stabilize your footage to the next level is using an
external stabilizing tool, such as a three axis gimbal,
which is what I have now, I personally love
the footage quality from a three-axis gimbal. It really allows us to
get buttery smooth, follow me Shots really
dynamic FUN footage. And it just makes the
stabilization so beautiful. But there are several
different three-axis Gimbels out in the market. This one is the zion crane, that's the one I use. And there is also the DJI Ronin, which is another
really good gimbal, but there's various ones, there's big ones,
they're small ones. And all of them have their
different pros and cons. And a lot of it has to do
with either the weight, the size, and the setup. They haven't bit of a
learning curve to them. You have to learn
how to balance them, you have to learn how
to set them up and each time you're pretty much re-balancing it to get it in
that perfect equilibrium. The beauty of the three axis
gimbal is it just keeps your camera in the position
that you want it to. One little tip that I have
for you guys is to get a quick release plate and
mounted onto the gimbal. That way you can just clip your camera on it
offer really easily. And you only really have
to balance it once. A lot better for like traveling. Gimbels really are
a beautiful way to add amazing dynamic shots into your footage to get those
really cool pans and tilts and all kinds
of crazy cool shots. But they're a big
learning curve. They take a lot of practice
that take time to set up. So it's definitely something to venture into
what you're feeling a little bit more comfortable with your filmmaking skills. So when it comes
to stabilization, it really takes time
and it takes practice. And most importantly,
it takes mindfulness, being mindful of the camera
and how you are holding it. Trying to avoid
shakiness at all costs. And just constantly
thinking of how you are stabilizing
each and every shot, the more you practice
that the moral becomes second nature and then you won't have to think about it as much. And by doing that,
you'll be able to take your video footage
to the next level.
7. On Location Transitions: Transitions are a great way to add interests when
revealing your next clip. Rather than doing just a
straight cut to cut like this. You can add in transitions in your editing program to
create different effects. Or you can create transitions
in the filming process, which I'm going to share a little technique
with you right now. We're going to create what's
called a Wipe transition. So you're setting
up your first shot. You're getting a static shot of a sale landscape at the end of Filming your first
scene or your subject, you're going to quickly move the camera in one direction
than in your next scene. You're going to
continue that motion. Moving Your Camera quickly
at the top of the scene and then ending static on your
next shot, your next subject. When you take these two clips, one that has the motion blur at the bottom and one that has
had at the top of the clip, you're going to place
them together in the editing program
you're using. And side-by-side the create a
beautiful swipe transition. Come. You can practice
different directions just as long as you are ending one clip with that transition and starting the next clip with
that transition. You can also play around
with your Zoom to create some really
cool transitions. So if you have a manual zoom, you can quickly zoom in to
your subject in one scene, and then the next scene,
you quickly zoom out. And when you place these two side-by-side in the
editing process, you'll get a pretty cool
transition that looks like this.
8. Using Objects for Transitions: You can use Objects and
you're seeing to create a really cool transition
in your video, you can use trees, people, lamppost, or create
a really cool, seamless transition
using motion. If you glide your camera behind an object in your first shot, then move to another object
in your next shot and start with your camera
behind that new object. In glide out in the
same direction. You can take those two
clips into editing, put them side-by-side,
and create a seamless transition
that looks like this. It is best to use manual
settings when you're doing a transition
like this so that your lighting looks exactly
the same in each shot. So the transition
looks seamless. If you're using auto, the lighting is going
to continuously adjusts behind the object to your full scene and
it's not going to look as seamless
as you want it to. I'd say the most common example of this type of transition
that you have probably seen, because a lot of
loggers do this is the classic hand in
front of the Camera to like close the shot and then off the camera to reveal the
next scene. Just like this. Bam, this transition is a lot of fine because
you can play around with different objects
in your scene. So go out there
and have some FUN.
9. Timelapse & Hyperlapse: Timelapses and Hyperlapses
are a great way to show a lot of movement in
a short period of time, or to show atmosphere
or give you a more creative shot to add
to your B-roll sequences. There are a couple of
different ways that you can take the time left. We'll do timelapse. The first, the easiest way is to simply set your camera up on a tripod and then press the Record button and
you're going to want to record for any period of
time, time that you want. I usually like to do 5-10 min. It gives you a few
seconds of good to timelapse and you
can record four. Well, as long as
Your Camera wants to report the duration of time that you're going to record for just depends on what
you are recording. If there's a lot of
movement happening, then you probably don't need to record for a long
period of time. If it's a slower movement
and you want to show a more drastic change and you're going to want to
record for longer. Now, this type of recording of a timelapses good for
shorter timelapses. So I like to use these
on pathways, on streets, something where there's a lot of movement pretty quickly and you can kinda get the idea of what you want to achieve
and your timelapse. So what are the benefits
of doing a timelapse this way is you can
speed up the video, which is that is how you create the timelapse or but
at regular speed, do you have a bit
more flexibility with creating the video and
editing the video down. So I've been recording
this for about 9 min now, so I've got a good
chunk of time. There has been
like dead periods, but there's been
really busy periods. So I'll just go through speed this up in
post and then I'll select the best few seconds
to kinda create my timelapse. But this is definitely one
of the easiest ways to timelapse because at
Camera can do it. You just set the
camera up on a tripod, which is very key because you want that civilization
has gotta be stable. Or you could do a hard surface. I've definitely set it up on
just random hard surfaces and that works as well. So I'm going to press stop here and we'll take a
look at our timelapse. And more advanced way of taking a timelapse is by
taking a series of photos in an interval and condensing them together at creating a video from that, the first method we would
record video for a period of time and then we would speed it up and post and that
would be a video. In this method, we're going
to take individual photos, which way they're going
to combine together. And that's going
to create a video. To create a, if we're video is going to be 30
frames per second, we're going to need
for 30 photos to make 1 s and Video 24
frames per second. We're going to need 24
photos to make 1 s video. So there's a couple of
different ways to do this. The first is you can set
your camera up and then manually press the
shutter button every few seconds
to take a photo. The better way to do this is
to get an interval ometer. Interval auditors are usually a handheld device that
plugs into your camera. But some cameras also
have them built in. So this is the I64 hundreds. So it has all of the functions, the settings built into
the camera itself, same with our Sony A7, to which uses an app. Now one of benefits of doing
this type of timelapse is that you get a
higher quality, a higher resolution image because you're taking
individual photos, which can be like
for K or six KP, whatever resolution
Your Camera is, that is the quality
of your timelapse. You can also do much
longer timelapses. So timelapses or take a longer
period of time to report, say, over a period
of a few hours, such as Cloud, star at lapses or just slower movements that
just need more time to record. One of the disadvantages of
these types of timelapses, or that you are going to have to compile the images together. So you got to take all
those images you shot and compile them
together in post. Now of course, there
are some cameras that will do this
for you though, but not all of them do. So it's something
to be aware of. That type of timelapses
called a Hyperlapse, where instead of being
stationary with your camera, you are moving it in-between each photo you take through the camera's moving
in-between each photo. So you're getting a
moving timelapse. The way that I
usually do this is on a tripod in the photo mode, but with a grid on the
screen because I'm going to want to line up my
Shots to each shot I take. I'm going to have to
individually frame and line it up with us why
the grid is important. So I'm going to pick a place. We have this beautiful paths, so we are going to timelapse
us walking down the path. So there's kind of like two different ways
you can do like subject hybrid Hyperlapses are just normal movement
Hyperlapses. One of the things to keep
in mind is that between each photo you want to minimize
the amount of movement, the amount of change
of the frame. That is why we use the grid, because the grid helps
us pick points and then line up our frame for
each individual shot. So we're gonna do
a Hyperlapse now, first thing I'm gonna
do is going to turn the grid onto my screen. I'm going to turn the level on. This is going to help me
keep my camera levels and it's going to
help me see what points I'm going to frame. Let's take a photo. I'm going
to move a step forward. Make sure everything else is
lined up for the next Photo. Take that photo and again
and again and again. So I've taken all my pictures and I'm gonna put it in post. And I'm going to
combine them all together and put a
stabilization effect. And you definitely want to
use stabilization effect because this is
what it looks like without the stabilizer. And this is what it looks like after it's been stabilized. So quite a bit of a
difference there. I just want to get rid of
those little bits to jitters. But that's Hyperlapse for you.
10. Shooting in 4K: Shooting in 4k a has a huge
advantage for filmmakers. It makes your videos
look a lot nicer, cleaner. A lot more. Systems are 4k a compatible. So a lot more filmmakers
are using it these days. Lot of cameras these days, or four K compatible, including our bones,
which is crazy. If you are filming in 4k a, you have to be prepared
for it as a lot harder for your computer as
well as your editing software to handle these
types of files as well as the exporting process is going to take a lot longer. Not to mention you're gonna need a specific SD card
of fast SD card for, for K specifically, as
well as fast internet. If you're planning to upload
your files to say Dropbox. Now, what is 4k? Well, it means for 1,000 pixels, whereas this would be ten at, this would be 720. This for at a 4k, a scene is essentially
the same quality of four frames at 1080. That means if you're
producing a 1080 video, you can use 4k a footage
in digitally zoom into your shot without
losing quality. These days, most people aren't
producing for K videos. Although if you want
it to, you could, and it would keep you
ahead of the curve for the future when everyone
is making for K videos, most people on YouTube
Film and export in ten at which allows you to use a trick for incorporating
4k a footage. Because for K is four times
the quality of ten at, if you're filming a scene
with two or more people, you can cut into each
person when they speak or they're doing
some sort of action, essentially using only one
camera, but as two cameras. If we tried to do this
while Filming in 1080, we would lose the
quality is there isn't enough detail in the scene
to digitally zoom in. We also recommend
using for K and drone footage and GoPro
footage as this gives you much more detail to play
with and editing and the ability to
adjust your framing and post-production as well.
11. Filming in LOG: Log profiles are widely underused by Beginner
videographers, mostly because it's
daunting to play with these settings and most people don't know how to use them. Now log isn't something that we personally shoot with since it is a lot more work in post-production to do
the color grading. But if you are looking for more dynamic range and more flexibility with
your color grading, then it's definitely
something to experiment with. If you have that
feature on your camera, basically what a log profile is. It's a flat desaturated
image where you can then add back in
the contrast and the colors and saturation
afterwards in various amounts where
you keep all of the information that's
in the shadows and in the highlights because of
that flat desaturated image. Whereas if you shoot in the
standard picture profile, your camera is doing
the color correction in camera for you. And it does give you
less ability and flexibility to change
those settings and post. Each camera
manufacturer will have their own log profile and they'll all look a
little bit different, some being more
trickier to grade, others. Now we're shooting
on a Sony and in log 2M, some cameras will even
allow you to customize your picture profiles to tweak
each individual setting, to give you your
own unique luck. Log is something you
really need to work into and practice before
committing to a full video. But it can be a lot of funds. So get out there and go practice
12. Weather & Safety while Filming: On Location adds several
extra situations into the mix of
general Filmmaking. Filming outdoors
inevitably leads itself to Dealing
with the weather. You can't change it. So here's how you deal with it. Rain, water, and moisture. Unless you have a very
expensive lens or Camera body, chances are it is
not weather sealed, meaning that the buttons, sliders at grips all have been sealed to keep out
the rain droplets. Chances are you won't have this. And even if you do, your gear can still
get wet and ruined. So here's how to prepare
for a rainy situation. Bring an umbrella. It should be part
of your gear bag. Have spare plastic bags. You can use these
to wrap your camera up and protect it from the rain. Carry a lens cleaner as
water droplets may fall into the lens and that leads to ruined or less than
perfect footage. Get Creative. Yes, ran will make
it difficult and sometimes even
impossible to film. But you can still
capture the moment. If you are creative and careful, you can end up getting some
really beautiful footage. That's right Now. That's
not a huge problem. Actually. It's
really pretty with their reflections on the lake. It's raining. Luckily, I was
carrying umbrella with me. So Good. Good intranet or good wind. Wind is a sound problem. As soon as it gets
a little bit windy, your internal recording mic on any camera you have
will become useless. And all sound recording
will have a or B distorted. That's why it's
important to carry an external microphone
with a wind sock. This helps reduce or cut
the hissing or distortion. If you don't have
a wind sock and you still need to record audio, you can try and find
a corner or go behind something that's blocking
the wind, an extra tip. You can also use a finger
up a glove as a wind sock. It's inexpensive and effective. The cold. In cold weather around zero degrees
Celsius or lower, you can run into issues
with your battery. Basically, cold weather
will drain your battery at an alarming speed and it
can reduce the amount of recording time significantly. Carrying a spear or two is important when filming in
cold weather conditions. Also, rotating
batteries in and out of a warm pocket will help
prolong their charge. Heats and son, cameras are full of electronics and
when it gets hot outside, those electronics can overheat. This will cause your camera to turn off and you will have to wait until it cools off before you could
start filming again. So if you know you will be
filming in hot conditions, carry an umbrella and try to shield your gear from the sun. Filming shorter bursts. Chances are if you are hot. So as your gear, humidity, humidity is moisture
in the air that can get trapped in
Your Camera parts. In the lens, between
the lens and the body, and between the lens
and the filter. When it gets trapped in-between
the lens in the filter, you can simply wipe away
the moisture with a cloth. So carry a cloth with you. If you are filming
and humid conditions, try and avoid switching
filters and lenses, which will invite moisture
to get in condensation. Whenever you change
from cold to hot, really quickly, condensation
between the lens can occur. Unfortunately, once it happens, it is very difficult
to get rid of quickly. And you might have
to just wait it out, usually five to 20 min before you can film and
use your camera again. However, it is easily
preventable and the best ways are to just
avoid spikes in temperature, like turning off your
air conditioning and our before leaving the room
with your equipment or giving your gear extra
time to acclimatize to the weather by putting it outside earlier than
you plan on Filming. Also, if you are inside for
a brief period of time, keep your gear covered
and it begs to try and minimize the
temperature spikes As a Travel Blogger
with a minimal gear, you most likely won't
run into any issues when it comes to getting permission
to film on Location. However, you may face a
situation when you'll need to either get verbal permission or a written permission to film. Usually, permits are issued by the government governing body
or property allowing you, the filmmaker, to film
in a certain location. Here are some tips
for dealing with specific situations and
locations we've dealt with. If you are going to
be filming an event, make sure you call the
Location Manager or people in charge of the event to
ask if it's okay to film. Some tourist attractions charge a small fee to
bring Camera gear. This is usually paid in advance at the entrance
before you enter. The majority of the time, a DSLR camera without a shotgun
mic will not be an issue. As soon as you add a shotgun
mic and tripod into the mix, you may be questions. It's best to research
Filming policies before you go to best prepare yourself
to avoid being turned away. Which would really suck. Some places such as museums. You just can't film. Don't gorilla shoot
this footage, thinking you are being sneaky. If they asked you to not Film, be respectful and don't film. The last thing you want is to upload something that
you shouldn't have and then have to take it down because you didn't have
permission to use it. Once you get going
at video making, your gear is going to
get a little expensive. Obviously, protecting that
gear and preventing damage, theft and loss is so important. Researching the appropriate
equipment insurance, maybe something that
you'll want to consider. There are several insurance
providers that can cover a variety of situations
and Types of gear. Purchasing equipment,
insurance to protect your
investment is worth it even if it's solely to
have peace of mind. Safety is all about not
making yourself a target. Most thefts are actually
crimes of opportunity. Given the opportunity, if a stranger season
unsupervised Camera, there's a high possibility
that they might take it. They might not have set out
to steal Camera that day, but they saw the opportunity
and they took it. You want to try and minimize these opportunities
with these suggestions. If you wear a shoulder bag, it should be crossed
strapped around your body in the bag should be placed more
towards the front. Backpacks that carry gear should always have locks
on the zippers. You do not have eyes at the
back your head? I'd hope. So. How can you see if someone's opening your bag? You can't. Another option is to where
your backpack, frontwards. Cameras are targets for thieves. So keep your gear in conspicuous by using
different camera straps, taping up logos, and putting
gear away when not in use. If you're not using your gear, keep it in your bag or
tucked away out of sight. Locks, cables, lockers. These are all your friends. Be very careful who you trust
with your filming gear, and always make sure your
belongings are locked up and strapped to a secure object
when left unattended. Gear insurance for
that extra bit of comfort and safety as her
when things go wrong, you will be covered, which is a big relief.
13. Filming Action & Adventure: Action and Adventure
Filming has exploded in the last few years as a very viable Fun and create
a way to showcase travels. Mainly thanks to the ease of equipment such as of a GoPro, which has revolutionized
immediates, so much easier to Film crazy
sports and activities. Now, there are a few
things you need to consider when filming
Action and Adventure. Your equipment has a high
possibility of getting damaged, broken, or lost, except this is a risk we all take
when Filming adventures. If you are very
protective of your gear, this type of Filming
may not be for you. While you can't predict the
outcome of the adventures, you can plan out the
camera angles you want captured in the camera equipment
required to achieve it. This means you'll have to think
a head it before filming. In terms of types of
equipment and Shots, it might involve extra hills
to climb are missing out on particular sections of
the full experience because you want to get
that wide angle or a POV. You might even have
to do the activity twice to get all the
angles and Shots you need. Not such a bad thing really. With Adventure
filming, it's best to try and create dynamic
camera angles. Shooting everything
on a GoPro or from one point of view is
only great for so long. Your goal is to always
have your audience engaged for the entire video. Shooting with a second
camera and lens that isn't a fisheye adds
variety and style. Sometimes you'll need to
hang back or Go ahead of a group activity to get a more dynamic idea of
the whole experience. Get started the activity Shots, and get end of the
activity Shots. Sometimes you might even
have to miss out on an activity if
that's what needs to be done in order to
get the right shot. Also, many times and
Action scenarios, you'll want to have two cameras
filming at the same time. So don't be afraid to ask someone to hold the
camera for you. Thank you. You
also don't need to have to pupil in order to
film with two cameras. At the same time. You
can mount a GoPro on your helmet for a POV while
holding a second camera. Stabilization is key. The first couple of times
you start filming Adventure, you'll quickly come to
realize that most of the things you are doing
involves movement, which leads to shaky footage, which equals unusable footage. Try and find ways to keep your cameras steady
as best as possible. Try and plan Shots that
allow for stabilizing. If you are wearing a camera, always be thinking about what that cameras filming
and what it's seeing. It might involve keeping
your head still or arms at weird angles. Also, modern video
editing softwares like Adobe Premier and Final Cut Pro have some options for
Stabilization after the fact, but they aren't perfect. So don't get too
comfortable relying on it. Sound is always an issue. Let me introduce you until when your worst nightmare go pros when in their
protective casing give you muffled audio at best. Now if you're just making a
music video, that's fine. As you'll overlay music on
top and it won't be an issue. However, if you wish
to hear things, bring a good microphone
and even better yet, bring it went sock or a
dead cat as it's called. They look hilarious,
but they get rid of that. When Csound. Be prepared for anything. Action filming takes a lot
of practice of being in the moment because things
are going to happen quick and they're
going to happen fast. Be quick. And for
Action Filmmaking, specifically, record
everything and worry about the edit later. Bring a camera cleaning kit, your gear will get dirty. Both your lens in the body, make sure you carry
a cleaning get and gave Your Camera
gear a wipe down after everyday a Filming bigger is not always
better people. When you film for Adventure, you have to be very selective
of the gear you bring. Every bigger piece
of gear comes with sacrifice of time
and maneuverability, meaning you've gotta put
all the pieces together. And the heavier the
harder is to move around. Smaller cameras are easier and quicker to whip out and film spontaneous moments
that can happen spur of the moment when you're
filming Action or Adventure. Also, most of the time, you'll be carrying all of your gear in some way
or another, you have. The more every time you
are to move around. Stopping to Polo
Camera gear all the time when doing highly
physical activities are activities that heavily
rely on the use of your hands will
start to get very, very annoying after awhile. So think about what
you'll be Filming, what the conditions
are going to be like. If you will have
assistance and curing your gear, then
choose selectively
14. Filming Events, Festivals, Shows, Nightclubs & Parties: For all the videos
under this section, keep this starting tip in mind. Planning ahead is the most
important thing you can do. Most events that are even a little bit organized will have some set of rules regarding
cameras and Filming gear. Public or free events are
usually okay since they aren't going to have someone enforcing Camera rules on the
general public. Because literally everyone
has a camera phone nowadays. Although you might
get asked a few questions if you
have larger cameras, private events are
a hit or miss. It all depends if
the events purpose, or if the event itself can
be publicly disclosed. Usually when it's a PR event, they are more
lenient and welcome Filming since they're there
to promote something, be it a brand, product, destination, location,
restaurant, etc. so they will welcome
the free press. However, never assume. Here are some questions
to ask before heading off to Film any events, festivals, show,
Nightclub, or party. Our cameras allowed. Is video recording allowed? Do you need to get a Media
or press pass to record? Do you know the right person to contact to find out
this information? How much equipment
can you bring? Will you have lots
of space to film? Or will you be in a huge crowd where you should try and
keep your gear to a minimum. If you are planning to
film at a festival, you must get a press
or media path, not only for permission
to record the festival, that pass will also
let you know what you can legally record and display. A very important
thing if there's any musician, band, singer, or show involved, since not every musician allows use of their song or footage
while others will. Getting a press pass evolves pre-assigning image release
forms and gives you the necessary legal
documents required to use whatever footage you
film for your videos. A press or media pass will also prevent you from getting
hassled by security guards. And trust me, they will
have security guards. And best of all,
you'll get access to designated VIP press spots, which are usually strategically placed for the best viewing. So if you are thinking of also bringing in a DSLR or larger, you really must get a pass. Seriously, don't
risk it because they will search your bags and
you can be turned away. Not to mention your video
can be taken down for copyright claims if you don't get the necessary permissions. Gear to bring external
microphones that can record negative
20 decimals or lower. This basically helps prevent
yourself from Peking, which allow volume and
speakers can cause a zoom lens and all
Festival cases, you'll be dealing with people. And since you cannot
guarantee a close, clear Location to film, paper paired with a zoom lens
or a camera that can zoom in gear to leave tripods. These are almost
never going to be allowed even with a press pass. Not to mention, you're not
going to want to carry one around with you
while at a festival. You can always
guerrilla style fill in these events with a
point-and-shoot or a camera phone, and the quality will
still be quite decent, as it is very, very rare. They would take away your
phone or even a small camera. However, you might run into legal troubles if you plan
on uploading it to Youtube. Aka, they can claim your video
and make you take it down. But of course, that'll be
the choice that you make. Getting permission to film
theater shows or any type of live performance which isn't
free and open to the public, will be very difficult task. Unfortunately, most of the time, no matter who you
try and convince, they simply will not
allow video recording. This is not the case of
numbers per say, but instead, because they don't
want to spoil parts of their performance and they can't guarantee what you'll film
and what you'll showcase. Plus they don't know
the end product or the quality of the film
you'll be creating, which makes them skeptical
of allowing you to film. I know it'll be heartbreaking
to not be able to capture this amazing show you're watching on your travels. But trust me, your audience will understand there
are creative ways to share the experience. You can always
share your thoughts before and after the show. If something is specifically
singled out as a party, you can almost certainly bet that there will
be liquor involved. If you are filming content for anyone other than yourself, be sure you have
discussed beforehand the depiction of
alcohol in your video. If it is any type of branded
or sponsored video thing, might be a bit weary of showing any alcohol consumption
or beverage bottles. Be cautious and courteous in regards to yourself and
your fellow attendees. If you are filming anyone
other than yourself, make sure that they are aware of where this video is
being displayed. As everyone acts a
bit more unfiltered when they're intoxicated and displaying messy drunk
people on video. It doesn't make for good
content regardless. That is not saying that you
shouldn't just be respectful, that other people are just
there to have a good time. And it's best not to force a camera on them when
they are partying. You know, they just might not appreciate it in the morning. Light is a huge issue since most Parties in
nightclubs or rather dark. So think about what
lenses you should bring when it comes
to camera settings. Having a lens with a lower F-stop and setting
your camera to have it open aperture will allow for more light
to come into the lens, thus making a darker room
see more bright on camera. Also, if you really must, there are plenty of small, cheap external LED lights that you can attach onto your DSLR or even mirrorless
cameras that will provide a Camera flashlight. Just don't get one
that's like two huge or else you'll stick out like
a thumb and blind people. Noise and music. If you've been to a Nightclub, you know, it's really loud. If you must have Audible
audio from people talking, consider a lavalier
mic, or again, a directional external
microphone or recorder with an option for a negative
decibel recording range, it's best to record
audio between negative 6 db to negative 12 db. The safe zone reason is as it's easier to increase the
volume in post-production, but impossible to
fix distortion, which is what happens when it
peaks at positive decimals
Kristen & Nadine, YouTubers | Videographers
